HOT: The Runaways

Today we have a guest post from Kylie, a writer for the sister blog BNE: HOT OR NOT, reviewing the rock chick film The Runaways. Thanks Kylie.

Floria Sigismondi is the director of some of the most impressive music videos of the past fifteen years. Her dark, seductive work has accompanied music by the likes [...]

HOT: I Love You Phillip Morris

MIFF #5: Today’s we have another guest review from Yalin of the MIFF film (and potential upcoming general release TBC), I Love You Phillip Morris, which was released in the UK several months ago. Thanks Yalin!
The poster for I Love You Phillip Morris shows a gay couple with two pooches, Barbie-like hair and glowing skin. [...]

NOT: Picture Me: A Model’s Diary

MIFF #4:  I am going to disclaim responsibility for choosing to see Picture Me: A Model’s Diary at 9:15pm on a school night.
So RM and I were flicking through the MIFF program and he surprised me by saying that he wanted to see ‘a visual diary of Sara [Ziff]’s experiences within the sometimes glamourous, often [...]

NOT: Four Lions

MIFF #3: Today’s we have a guest review of the MIFF film and upcoming general release, Four Lions, from Yalin, who saw it in the UK several months ago.
Friends J+B were at the MIFF screening last night and thought that it was very funny and effective – a HOT. I have a preview pass to [...]

NOT: The Red Chapel

MIFF #2: I had high hopes for the Danish documentary The Red Chapel. Described as ‘a subversive comedy tour through North Korea’ and winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, I was expecting lots of laughs and a rare glimpse into an insular society built on the personality cult of [...]

HOT: Teenage Paparazzo

MIFF #1: OK, I confess that I booked Teenage Paparazzo because Adrian Grenier aka Vinnie Chase from Entourage, was the director of the documentary and presenting the film at the festival.
Regardless of my groupie-dom, Teenage Paparazzo is an enjoyable film reflecting on the nature of celebrity, society’s insatiable appetite for gossip, why we care about [...]

HOT: Preston Zly and the Red Shoes, Preston Zly Studio, Rear 219 Smith St, Fitzroy

I first saw the movie The Red Shoes as a child, fascinated by the beauty of the ballet, the fabulous costumes and the ultra-glamorous London-Paris-Monte Carlo life it depicted in scratchy 1940s Technicolour.
So I was very excited to see that one of the free events being held as part of State of Design 2010, Victoria’s [...]

HOT List: Melbourne International Film Festival 2010 Long List

The Melbourne International Film Festival is my favourite way to celebrate winter in Melbourne, and this year, like other years, I’ve invested in a 10 film festival mini-pass.
Selecting the 10 films is always a protracted process of creating a longlist, a shortlist and the final 10. It requires the negotiation of RM’s tastes, coordination of [...]

HOT: Tim Burton: The Exhibition, ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne

One really great way Melbourne embraces its winters is to hold special exhibitions dubbed ‘Melbourne Winter Masterpieces‘. Over the years they have had some wonderful shows, but I think nabbing the Tim Burton exhibition from the Museum of Modern Art in New York is pretty high on the wow list.
I can’t say that Tim Burton [...]

NOT: Sex and the City 2

Today we have a guest post from Kylie, a writer for the sister blog BNE: HOT OR NOT, reviewing Sex and the City 2. Sorry if you liked this film SATC fans, but she hated it! Thanks Kylie.
I’ll be honest. I wasn’t expecting a lot from this movie. I’d seen a few reviews, and they [...]